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With today, May 8, being the end of Teacher Appreciation Week, it is very fitting that we were honored to have a teacher with more than 40 years experience share her story with us. If you have been wondering what it must be like to be a teacher and suddenly thrust into a whole new […]
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STAFF REPORT – Island resident Capt. William Woodroffe has come through for the ladies of the island this weekend, as he has put together the 2020 Quarantine Queen Classic, scheduled for Saturday, May 9. After all, it wouldn’t be Mother’s Day on the island without some tarpon fishing going on. For a $400 cash entry […]
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STAFF REPORT – If you’re leaving the island for your other residence soon, or even just beginning to think about it, here’s another thing to think about. Donating your non-perishables from your pantry would be a tremendous help to many right now. You can even drop it off locally, at the Paradise Exclusive (Parsley-Baldwin) office […]
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SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA – Construction on the GICIA’s Mercabo Cove Project continues to make steady progress. Recent construction activity is bringing visible and exciting changes to the site. TSI Disaster Recovery along with Project Engineer and Manager, Hans Wilson of HWA, are working together to keep the project on schedule. The most noticeable change […]
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STAFF REPORT – Do you know your zone? For purposes of the Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association’s Turtle Patrol, the beach has been divided into eight zones, each one patrolled daily during the six-month nesting/hatching season. There are three zones in Charlotte County and five in Lee County, as follows: Zone 1 – The North […]
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STAFF REPORT – Island photographer Len Tatko captured these images recently documenting the story of a new killdeer family near the Pink Elephant and 4th Street. Len said he had a run-in with “mom,” then watched her go into her survival mode of pretending to be wounded. A killdeer runs from the nest to take […]
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – If you were to go back in a time machine to February 1 and be able to talk to the person you were back then, imagine the conversation you would have. Things we never thought were possible in our age of modern technology and medicine have been taking place. This virus […]
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On April 27, 2020 William W. Wilcox V, 94, of Westwood, Mass. and formerly of Boca Grande, and devoted husband of Priscilla, his wife of 71 years, passed away. He was born on April 24, 1926 in Middletown, Conn. to Eleanor Sanborn Wilcox and William W Wilcox IV. He attended Eaglebrook School, Phillips Andover Academy, […]
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STAFF REPORT – Boca Grande resident Gina McFadden is the Vice President of the Boca Grande Art Center Board of Directors and also the Chair of their Membership Committee. She was born and raised in Mt. Vernon, New York and graduated from high school in Rye, New York. Gina graduated from Barat College in Lake […]